Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for October 15, 2023

Oh that’s adorable.

Sunday Funday

So, how many licks DOES it take to get to the center of a ghostiepop? This time the answer aint 42, or is it? Ora Zella has no intention of finding out. She’s gonna go straight to the CRUNCH .

I spy Iggy hiding behind the boy.

How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop? Or, in Ora Zella’s case, how many seconds does it take for a tortie to destroy a Tootsie Pop?

Better leave the wrapping on those lollipops, or what you’ve got there is better known as “ant bait”.

Ora Zella trying to employ those dark arts Elvis is so worried about to get her a ghostiepop!

You are right to be worried, Elvis. The Left Hand Path leads to doom.

Love it and how it captures all 6 kitties’ personalities so well

Lollipop eh. The ants will soon be there.

Hmmm, maybe Wicket is going to test those tootsie pops. Three!

Stealth Iggy!

I hope those are Cat safe edible spooks.

I love Elvis’s expression. He is such a fuddy duddy.

The Girl appears to be more interested in eating the lollipops than in making ghosts out of them.

Parenthetically, I love how the Woman, being an Artist and a Mother, makes sure the Children have plenty of crafts to do. As is true in Real Life, I am sure.

Oh my, tiny ghosts, how spooky! Luckily we have two furry exorcists on the case!

Who ya gonna called? Ora and Lupin! :D

Best Halloween decoration we had was when my wife made bats out of black foam balls and black paper for the wings. She then hung them from the ceiling fan. Our cats were fascinated by the bats “flying” around when we turned the fan on (using the low speed).

Well Elvis, which do you prefer. An apartment full of ghosts (with googly eyes) or flying Pucks?

♪"Might as well jump (Jump!)

Go ahead and jump

Get it and jump (Jump!)

Go ahead and jump"♫

I don’t think those ghosts are long for this world. Well, so to speak!

Is Iggy going to line up his lollipop ghosts?

Hanging ghosts and pucks, need air traffic control

Lollipop lollipop

Oh lolli lolli lolli, lollipop, lollipop

Oh lolli lolli lolli, lollipop

Call my ghosties lollipop

Tell you why

One lick is sweeter than cherry pie

And when they do their shaky rockin’ dance

Man, Lupin intones evil chants

I call them, lollipop, lollipop

Oh lolli lolli lolli, lollipop, lollipop

Ora crunches ghosts on a stick

Booberry, cherry are fine

So many flavors it’s hard to pick

Elvis thinks Dark Arts can’t be benign

Lollipop, lollipop

Oh lolli lolli lolli, lollipop, lollipop

Oh lolli lolli lolli, lollipop

Goldie explains what is up

Tell you why

She’s all right with spirits in the sky

Come on Iggy, take some and line ’em up straight

Gee, Pucky says ghosts smell like grape

I call them, lollipop, lollipop

Oh lolli lolli lolli, lollipop, lollipop

Lollipop, lollipop

- Julius Dixon / Beverly Ross – Lollipop

That’s an interesting craft idea for small children. I must remember it.

This might be a guess here, but I get the feeling that, based on Elvis’s dislike of everything Halloween, this isn’t really his favorite time of the year…

The final panel is a predictable result, but I have a feeling the words “Die, lollipop,” will have me chuckling all day.

OT

Last year we made spider-pops (almost) the same way. We matched the pipe cleaners to the lollipops and they turned out quite cute!

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop Mr. Puck??

Let’s see……One………Two……..Three…….Crunch. THREE!

Am I the only one to scour the strip carefully hoping to find Tillie et al hiding in plain sight?

Get a little revenge by leaving a lollipoop on their pillow

O.T.

Lupin-‘DIE LOLLIPOPS!’ Goldie-‘But they are ghost lollipops, so they are technically already dead!’ Lupin and OZ look at each other, then shout-‘THEN LET’S KILL THEM, AGAIN!!’

It’s better for kids to learn about the Dark Arts at home than in some dark alley somewhere.

I wonder if Burt’s chyron means he makes these for the barn?

OT – yard sale finds…

That was a nice Exorcist reference made by Ora Zella. I don’t know how many of you know this, but the events that were used as the basis of the movie and book actually happened in St. Louis, at Alexian Brothers Hospital and Saint Louis University. The exorcism was conducted by William Bowden, S.J., assisted by several more Jesuits.

Years ago, I went to Saint Louis University to drink beer, carouse, and generally cause mischief…Oh, and I got a couple of degrees while I was there. One night, when I was supposed to be studying, I and several of my enablers decided to explore some of the old buildings on the campus. SLU was/is a very old school. First college west of the Mississippi, and some of its buildings, like DuBourg Hall, date back to 1888. Its never-visited top floor had little rooms where some of the original Jesuits lived and meditated. At the time, you could still occasionally find the gas jets used for lighting the building still in place in the walls. In addition, behind the Saint Francis Xavier College Church was the original Rectory where more Jesuits had lived and where part of the Excorsim took place.

I and my co-defendants were exploring some very old areas of the disused Rectory when we came to a boarded-up room. All the other rooms had doors that were simply locked, but this room had plywood covering the door and screwed into the door frame. Even though the door was inaccessible, the transom window was still there at the top of the door. Boosting each other up for a look, we pushed the transom open, only to find a small bedroom with two wooden chairs, a tiny bedside table, and an iron bed frame with a mattress. On the bed was a single wooden Crucifix, and throughout the room was about an inch of dust. We had found the room where part of the Excorsim of 1949 had occurred.

I was just so sure that one of the real ghosts was going to show up in one of the panels! Disappointed! But, also, I can’t help but wonder why the children would put cat toys up all over the place and not expect the cats to play with them!

I love how the eyes on the ghosts in the 7th panel are all in different places, just like googly eyes would be! Details, Georgia, details!

Googly eyes are not recommended with very small kids and pets around.

Lupin and Ora make a pretty great team.

Googly eyes! The world always needs more googly eyes!

Are Ghost Pops a favorite of Pop goes the Iggy?

Lupin and O. Z. know that they’re really cat toys.

While one battle is nearly over, is anycat prepared to defend the house and family from the LEAVES? Roy has been hard at work this sunny morning defending the home between rests in his leopard blanket to get warmed up for the next round.

Elvis is disapproving as usual. Of course, it’s Lupin and Ora attacking the treats.

Purrayers for you and his brother as you mourn this sweet kitty. Pretty sure his brother knows – and has probably “talked” to him since. He will never be forgotten.

“The power of crunch” – BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

The Saturday recipe in today’s 7-Day Menu Planner on Uexpress.

Iggy is helping!

https://www.youtube.coM/watch?v=AxXUvaRqmrM

Ora Zella just whacked those googly eyes right off the those ghosts.

You can’t make them out, but the way Ora Zella’s paws are pointing, TOE BEANS!!!!! SQUEEEE!

My imagination sees the ghost kitties showing up at the end of this arc to congratulate the BCN crew, Robber Mice, and Racoons on their success, having watched the whole conflict from above. Or maybe while watching, they provide aid to Bea and Magazine in the final battle and help swing the final outcome in favor of the Demolecracy; this could carry us through to Halloween. Can’t wait to find out!

Elvis STRONGLY DISSAPROVES, lol